Books Events in Manchester

Check out happening books events all around Manchester, EN

Alice Cooper Devil on My Shoulder Book Tour

 Fri, 16 Oct at 06:30 pm Opera House, Manchester

Ancient Futures with Fonda Lee, Soraya Bouazzaoui & A. S. Tamaki

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 5

An Evening with Veronica Roth at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 14 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 24

An evening with Clint Boon - Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 01 Sep at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

CLINT BOON: The Manchester Chronicles True Tales of Music, Madness & Mayhem

 Fri, 13 Nov at 06:30 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 15 to 17

An Evening with Terry Deary - Manchester Deansgate

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 24

LOVE STORIES etc FESTIVAL

 Fri, 17 Jul at 10:00 am Manchester Central Library GBP 25 to 35

A Club of Thorns and Roses - Manchester GB

 Sat, 07 Nov at 11:00 pm The Deaf Institute

An Evening with Lucy Steeds at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 13

An Evening with Chris Carter - Manchester Deansgate

 Sun, 02 Aug at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 20

An Evening with Steve Cavanagh - Manchester Deansgate

 Sat, 01 Aug at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 20

An Evening with Peter F. Hamilton - Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

An Evening with Katherine Arden - Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 22

An Evening with Sufiyaan Salam - Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 19

MUSIC Q&A: ‘IT’S TIME THE TALE WERE TOLD: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE SMITHS’

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

MINOR BLACK FIGURES: Brandon Taylor in conversation with Simon Savidge

 Wed, 24 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 19

The Nerve presents Dave Eggers in conversation: Contrapposto

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 12

THE KNIGHT WATCH: Thomas D. Lee in conversation

 Fri, 03 Jul at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5 to 22

Claire Daverley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave & Hannah Macdonald - Arndale

 Wed, 08 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 5

Big Books Quiz Night at Waterstones Deansgate

 Fri, 17 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 6

Celebrate Paint Me Like Your Dead Girls with Cynthia Murphy - Deansgate

 Sat, 25 Jul at 03:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

An Evening with the Map Men - Manchester Deansgate

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 14

Celebrate Heartstopper 6: Quiz Night at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 02 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 6

Meet The Heirs with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - Manchester

 Thu, 09 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

DEAD BUT DREAMING: Paul Tremblay in conversation with Neil McRobert

 Fri, 23 Oct at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5 to 19

You Choose Party with Nick Sharratt & Pippa Goodhart - Deansgate

 Sun, 30 Aug at 03:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 15

MANCHESTER MUST DANCE. An in conversation with MIKE PICKERING

 Sun, 15 Nov at 02:00 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 20 to 22

TBR BOOK FESTIVAL

 Sat, 12 Sep at 11:00 am Band on the Wall GBP 12

Northern Indie Author Summit

 Sat, 21 Nov at 09:00 am Manchester Art Gallery GBP 49 to 89

Undead, Unmanned: A Screening of Y7’s 'Undead Internet Theory'

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:00 pm esea contemporary GBP 3

Books that Matter

 Fri, 12 Jun at 10:30 am The John Rylands Research Institute and Library Free

HOW NOT TO SAVE THE WORLD: Anthea Lawson in conversation

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 11

The Library of the Past and the Future

 Tue, 16 Jun at 06:00 pm The Portico Library Free

Publishing Insights Day 2026

 Thu, 11 Jun at 10:00 am Geoffrey Manton Building GBP 39 to 49

Zine and Collage Workshop

 Tue, 23 Jun at 06:30 pm Track Brewing Co - Brewery & Taproom GBP 17

KISS, SLAY, REPLAY: An Evening With Rachel Harrison

 Mon, 05 Oct at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5 to 12

Crime Central

 Wed, 24 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 2 to 6

Manchester Angel Meadow guided walking tour with author Dean Kirby

 Fri, 20 Mar at 02:00 pm Sadler's Yard GBP 15 to 22

Charlotte Carpenter - Manchester

Mon, 14 Sep at 06:30 pm Eagle Inn

The Spanish Civil War at 90 – collections & conversations

 Sat, 11 Jul at 11:00 am People's History Museum GBP 0 to 11

Manchester Central Library Board Games Café

 Wed, 01 Apr at 05:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Illegal to be Gay? Arathi Menon in conversation at Queer Lit Bookshop

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:00 pm Queer Lit

FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER: Inside The Cult of HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT

 Fri, 13 Nov at 08:45 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 12 to 14

Manchester & Salford Anarchist Bookfair 2026

 Sat, 31 Oct at 10:00 am People's History Museum

NEW YORK: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY - J. Michelle Coghlan in conversation

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 11

Crime Central Book Club June 2026

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library - Chief Librarian's Office Free

Lines of Love and Resistance - An Evening of Ukrainian Poetry

 Mon, 15 Jun at 07:00 pm Manchester Cathedral GBP 0 to 10

Christopher Isherwood: An illustrated talk by Andrew Biswell

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:00 pm The Portico Library Free

SHARED READING in association with The Reader - Human Natures

 Tue, 19 May The Manchester Museum Free

Storytelling: Los sueños de Ilán

 Sat, 13 Jun at 12:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

YA Panel at Waterstones Manchester Arndale

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 5

Creative writing workshop with Jenny Lau, author of “A-Z of Chinese food"

 Sun, 05 Jul at 11:00 am Manchester Museum GBP 3

Illuminating Knowledge: Exploring Arabic Scientific Manuscripts

 Sat, 04 Jul at 02:00 pm John Rylands Library Free

Collage Workshop

 Sun, 14 Jun at 12:00 pm House of Social Manchester GBP 17

HELEN OF NOWHERE: Makenna Goodman in conversation with Lara Williams

 Tue, 16 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 13

Jot: Pop Up Bookshop

 Sun, 22 Mar Station South Free

Book Launch: Anglo German Manchester

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 0 to 9

SHARED READING in association with The Reader

 Tue, 14 Jul at 12:00 pm The Manchester Museum Free

Bin Rat Book Club - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:30 pm Idle Hands Coffee Free

A Tiny Speck Of Black And Then Nothing: Emily Midorikawa in conversation

 Thu, 23 Jul at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

Creative Book Club - The Creative Act (Saturday book social Manchester)

 Sat, 27 Jun at 01:00 pm Ditto Coffee GBP 3 to 6

Manchester Bound & Booked - Book Bonanza X Love Honey

 Sat, 12 Sep at 10:00 am The Alan Manchester GBP 5 to 55

Slow Reading: de Stael's Corinne or Italy

 Wed, 08 Jul at 04:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 6

Deconstructing The Signature of All Things - The Curator's Talk

 Thu, 02 Jul at 06:00 pm The Portico Library Free

THE ZINE CLUB

 Fri, 20 Feb at 12:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

THE ISLAND BOOK OF RECORDS with Neil Storey

 Fri, 13 Nov at 08:30 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 11 to 13

THE BEAUTIFUL DEATH OF OZZY OSBOURNE: How Metal Teaches Us to Live

 Sat, 14 Nov at 04:00 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 11 to 13

ATYPICAL GRRRLS: Women & Punk: Molly Tie, Penny Kiley, Helen McCookerybook

 Sat, 14 Nov at 02:15 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 12 to 14

Philip Quinn book launch

Tue, 01 Sep at 06:30 pm Tba

Wayward Pages: The Nantwich Chapter

 Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm TBC

WRITING AND WRITING CLUB

 Wed, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

Identity Global Majority Writers Group

 Wed, 10 Sep at 06:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library Free

READING AND WRITING CLUB

 Wed, 12 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

AFRILIT BOOK CLUB - Your local African literature book club

 Wed, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

THE MYTHIC NEXUS

 Wed, 05 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free